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JANET MAE HODGES, 91, of Atlantic (Svcs. 12/9/21)

Obituaries

December 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

JANET MAE HODGES, 91, of Atlantic, died Friday, December 3, 2021, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Funeral services for JANET HODGES will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Schmidt Family Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for the Hodges Family.

Visitation with family present will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic, IA.

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery. A luncheon will be provided following the committal at Zion Lutheran.

JANET HODGES is survived by:

Her husband – Rev. Leon Hodges, of Atlantic.

Her daughters – Polly Welp, of Ankeny; Patty Howard, of Perry, and JoAnn Clippinger of Omaha, NE.

Condolences may be left at www.schmidtfamilyfuneralhome.com

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MELVA E. STONE, 101, of Audubon (Funeral Svcs. 12/6/21)

Obituaries

December 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

MELVA E. STONE, 101, of Audubon, died Thursday, Dec. 2nd, at the Friendship Home in Audubon. Funeral services for MELVA STONE will be held 10:30-a.m. Monday, Dec. 6th, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon. The family asks that those attending wear masks. The service will be live streamed through the Kessler Facebook page.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is on Sunday, Dec. 5th, from 5-until 7-p.m.  The family asks that those attending wear masks.

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

The family would like to honor the staff at the Audubon Friendship Home for their loving care for 11 years.; Memorials in her memory may be made to the Audubon Friendship Home and Ross United Methodist Church.

MELVA STONE is survived by:

Her sons – Verlon (Ruth), of Bloomington, IN; Lyle (Cathy), of Parkville, MO; Dale (Barbara), of Kirksville, MO; Gary (Julie), of Clive, and Roger (Janice), of Parker, CO.

Her brother – John Dawson of Urbandale.

11 grandchildren, 8 great-children, other relatives, and friends.

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Iowa State headed to Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando against Clemson

Sports

December 5th, 2021 by admin

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State football team (7-5, 5-4 Big 12) will be heading to a bowl game for a school-record fifth-straight season and for the 17th time in school history, accepting an invitation to play in the 2021 Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Iowa State will face No. 19 Clemson (9-3, 6-2 ACC) on Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 4:45 p.m. CT at Camping World Stadium. ESPN will broadcast the game. This will be the first meeting between the teams.

Iowa State finished in the upper half of the Big 12 standings and had a winning record in conference play for the fifth season in a row.

This will be ISU’s second appearance in the Cheez-It Bowl, formerly the Camping World Bowl (Notre Dame in 2019).

Iowa State has a 5-11 all-time record in bowl games. Sixth-year head coach Matt Campbell, who is a three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year recipient, is the first Cyclone skipper to take five-straight Cyclone teams to a bowl game. Campbell is 2-2 in bowl games at Iowa State.

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Iowa headed to Citrus Bowl against Kentucky

Sports

December 5th, 2021 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 15th-ranked University of Iowa football team will face No. 22 Kentucky in the 2022 VRBO Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff is set for noon (CT) from Camping World Stadium and the game will be televised on ABC.

“Congratulations to coach Kirk Ferentz, our football student-athletes and the entire staff, on a Big Ten West Championship, 10-win season and our invitation to the VRBO Citrus Bowl,” said Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair Gary Barta. “One of the most memorable Hawkeye football moments occurred at this bowl in 2005 and I know our fans are excited to relive those experiences.  We have had wonderful Hawkeye fan support all season long and I am confident this will continue in sunny Florida.

“We want to thank Steve Hogan and Florida Citrus Sports for the invitation to participate and we look forward to our visit to Orlando.”

VRBO CITRUS BOWL TICKET INFORMATION
The Iowa Athletics Ticket Office will accept Citrus Bowl ticket requests from Monday, Dec. 6 through noon on Friday, Dec. 10 from football season ticket holders and I-Club members. Fans are encouraged to monitor their email inbox for ordering information and visit hawkeyesports.com/BowlCentral for updated information. If tickets remain after the priority process they will be made available for the pubic on Tuesday, Dec. 14.

IOWA IN POSTSEASON; AT THE CITRUS BOWL
The Hawkeyes will be making their 34th bowl game appearance and their second Citrus Bowl appearance (formerly the Capital One Bowl).  Iowa defeated No. 11 LSU, 30-25, on an improbable Drew Tate-to-Warren Holloway 56-yard touchdown pass as time expired on Jan. 1, 2005.

Iowa enters the game having won three consecutive bowl games for the second time in program history. (The 2020 Music City Bowl was canceled because of COVID.)  The Hawkeyes are 17-15-1 all-time in bowl games.

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Joens’ double-double leads Cyclones over Longwood

Sports

December 5th, 2021 by admin

AMES, Iowa – No. 14 Iowa State (8-1) got back on the winning track, taking down Longwood (3-5) 94-56 Sunday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum. The visiting Lancers were briefly able to respond to ISU’s early lead, but a big run to close out the first quarter gave the home Cyclones a double-figure lead. The lead would get to as much as 41 during the contest, as Iowa State began its five-game homestand with an eighth win on the season.

Iowa State had five in double figures, with both Joens sisters recording double-doubles. Aubrey Joens set a new career-high with 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including six 3-pointers while grabbing a career-best 14 rebounds for her second career double-double. Ashley Joens, in the 100th game of her ISU career, got 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Emily Ryan tied her season-best with 13 points, while also dishing out five assists and grabbing four steals. Lexi Donarski also notched 13 points (her fourth-straight game in double figures), while Beatriz Jordão had one of her best days as a Cyclone, finishing with a season-best 14 points and tying her career-high with four blocks.

Up Next
Iowa State is back in Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday for the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series meeting with Iowa. Tip between the Cyclones and Hawkeyes will be at 6 p.m., with ESPNU televising the contest.

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Iowa DNR releases name of hunting incident fatality in Marion County

News

December 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

MARION COUNTY, Iowa – Authorities have identified 37-year-old Nathan Allen Sharpnack, of Winterset, as the victim in a fatal hunting incident that occurred in Marion County on Saturday.  According to authorities, Sharpnack was participating in a deer drive on the Whitebreast Arm of Lake Red Rock with a large group of hunters when he was fatally struck in the torso.

The investigation into the hunting related shooting is ongoing at this time.

An autopsy is pending on Sharpnack at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny.

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Radio Luminary Show today on KJAN

News

December 5th, 2021 by admin

For the second year in a row we will be doing a radio luminary show in conjunction with the Anita Winter Walk from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on KJAN.

Tune in to hear from those who have helped battle cancer and have fought cancer here within the Cass County area. We will remember those we’ve lost and celebrate those who are fighting. Inspirational music will be part of the show.

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AP College Football Top 25 12/05/2021

Sports

December 5th, 2021 by admin

1. Alabama (50)
2. Michigan (9)
3. Georgia
4. Cincinnati (3)
5. Notre Dame
6. Baylor
7. Ohio State
8. Ole Miss
9. Oklahoma State
10. Utah
11. Michigan State
12. BYU
13. Pitt
14. Oklahoma
15. Oregon
16. Louisiana
17. Iowa
18. NC State
19. Clemson
20. Wake Forest
21. Houston
22. Arkansas
23. Texas A&M
24. UTSA
25. Kentucky

Others receiving votes: Utah State 109, Wisconsin 66, San Diego State 63, Minnesota 38, Purdue 36, Louisiana Tech 11, Appalachian State 9, Army 7, Mississippi State 4, Penn State 4, Northern Illinois 1

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NE man arrested Sunday morning in Montgomery County

News

December 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Elliott, Iowa) – A traffic stop southwest of Elliott at Highway 48 and 120th Street early this Sunday) morning, resulted in an arrest. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies arrested 33-year old Lalo Guadalupe Walker, of Omaha, on a felony Theft warrant out of Nebraska. Walker was transported to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and held, pending extradition to Nebraska.

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MARY ELLEN [Kluever] LOWDER, 61, of Atlantic (Svcs. 12/8/21)

Obituaries

December 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

MARY ELLEN [Kluever] LOWDER, 61, of Atlantic, died Friday, Dec. 3rd, at home. Funeral services for MARY ELLEN [Kluever] LOWDER will be held 1-p.m. Wed., Dec. 8th, at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic. The service will be recorded and made available on the funeral home’s website by the end of the day, Thursday.

Visitation with the family is on Tuesday, from 6-until 8-p.m., at the funeral home.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

Burial is in the Atlantic Cemetery w/Military Honors by the Atlantic Color Guard.

Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation to causes that were close to Mary Ellen’s heart.

MARY ELLEN LOWDER is survived by:

Her daughters – Chevonne (Jason) Karol, and Dessa (Wesley) Goodlett.

Her sons – Carl “CJ” James Soglin, and Roy Wayne Lowder, II.

and 12 grandchildren.

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